The
totals:
2160 US
soldiers, 201 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 27,569 to 31,088 Iraqi
civilians have been killed in Iraq
from the beginning of the war and occupation to December 20.
15,955 American soldiers have been
wounded in action between March 2003 and December 2005.
www.icasualties.org estimates that
2502 Iraqi police and military have been killed in 2005.
One study estimated that the risk for
posttraumatic stress disorder from service in the Iraq
war is 18 percent.
American
soldiers killed between December 15 and 20:
Corporal Adam R. Fales, 21; Cullman, Alabama | Lance Corporal Samuel Tapia, 20; San Benito, Texas | Staff
Sergeant Johnnie V. Mason, 32; RioVista, Texas | First Lieutenant Michael J. Cleary, 24; Dallas, Pennsylvania |
Specialist Richard Junior D. Naputi, 24; Talofofo, Guam.
Sources:
US Department of Defense, www.icasualties.org,
The New York Times, www.iraqbodycount.net, www.ncptsd.va.gov
This article appears in Dec 28, 2005 – Jan 3, 2006.
